UN body underscores priority of health, safety during ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 challenges

Confronted with widespread human, social, and economic ramifications surrounding COVID-19, the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) stressed the priority of ensuring “the health and safety of people”. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1059802
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Act now to provide COVID-19 vaccines for all: ECOSOC President

16 Jul 2021

Ensuring COVID-19 vaccines for all will be critical if the world is to defeat the pandemic, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday in his address to the closing its high-level segment.

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‘Visible signs of hope’ for Haiti, Assembly President Francis insists

‘Visible signs of hope’ for Haiti, Assembly President Francis insists

18 Dec 2023

“Haiti is not hopeless”, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Monday during a meeting addressing the multiple crises besetting the Caribbean nation, alongside the presidents of the UN Security Council and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

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UN brainstorms how to strengthen aid delivery amid ‘megacrises’

21 Jun 2022

Global cooperation is critical to confront the surge in suffering due to conflict, climate disruption, hunger, the rising cost of living, and the COVID-19 pandemic. senior UN officials said on Tuesday at a meeting organized by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to strengthen delivery of humanitarian assistance.